People were breeding scarlet macaws (Ara macao) in what is today New Mexico in the 1100s, according to examination of eggshell found at the Old Town archeological site. Cyler Conrad and colleagues ...

As the tight beam of the scanning electron microscope focused on a tiny fragment of ancient eggshell, I immediately saw one of the inner shell’s layers had been partially reabsorbed. This exciting ...

A UK zoo has welcomed two of the world's most endangered parrots as part of a breeding program to help save them from extinction. The pair of red-fronted macaws have arrived at Twycross Zoo in Little ...

A previous study that I shared with you indicated that Indigenous people started breeding parrots in captivity more than 1000 years ago (more here). That study found evidence that macaws lived in ...

A RARE blue parrot declared extinct in the wild has hatched for the first time at a conservation centre, sparking new hope ...

CURACA, Brazil (AP) -- All Spix's macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil's Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past ...

The Civil Guard saved 171 other animals, including exotic and protected bird species such as macaws and cockatoos, which were ...

Spanish police on Saturday said they made an arrest after finding 250 dead animals, mostly dogs, in a filthy warehouse that local media dubbed "the breeding ground of horror".